The Guildhall

THE MARKET PLACE 1. ---------------- llO3 The Guildhall TR O161 SE 3/1 29.7.50. II* GV

1. Built as a Market Hall in 1574. Converted into the Guildhall in 1605. Enlarged and rebuilt in 1814. The building consists of a market arcade on the ground floor with the Council Chamber over and a clock tower at the south west corner. The building is supported on 3 rows of octagonal colmnns, The arcade is original, but the 1st floor above dates entirely from the reconstruction of 1814. Stuccoed. Modillion cornice and parapet with pediment above the north and south fronts, each containing a round cartouche in the tympanum. Round- headed windows on the south side, square headed windows on the east and west sides, and a single Venetian window on the north side, all in moulded architrave surrounds. Panelling inside. The clock tower is in 4 sections. The ground floor is rusticated. The lst floor has long and short quoins. The south side of the 2nd floor is flanked by pilasters with a clock face between them and a dentilled cornice over, plus an inset parapet containing a balustraded panel in the centre. The top section of the tower is an octagonal cupola with leaden dome over, surmounted by a ball and weather vane. AM Photograph in NMR.

All the listed buildings in the Market Place form a group.

Listing NGR: TR0157161382